GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| guy | man |